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New Delhi : War Memorial Boys and Girls Hostel at village DandaLakhond, Dehradun, was inaugurated at a grand ceremony by CM of Uttrakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat on March 18, 2018.
The ceremony was also attended by General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff. Several senior officers from the Indian Army, civil administration of Uttarkhand, representatives from corporate companies who donated funds for the construction and furnishing of the project, army veterans from Dehradun and many other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
The function commenced with key note speech by Lt Gen Sarath Chand, Vice Chief of Army Staff and Colonel of the Garhwal Rifles and Garhwal Scouts followed by speech by the Chief Minister of Uttrakhand. The gathering was then addressed by the Chief of the Army Staff and other dignitaries.
The Garhwal Rifles War Memorial Boys and Girls Hostel at Lansdowne exists since 1980. With changing times, to give level playing platform to children of all ranks of the regiment in terms of modern education and all round development, the need was felt to shift the hostel to Dehradun. Conforming to the Army’s vision of ‘Quality Education at Affordable Cost’ at education institutes under its patronage, the idea for constructing a new WMBGH at Dehradun with modern amenities was conceived by Lt Gen Sarath Chand in 2011 and was overwhelmingly supported by the Garhwal fraternity. The hostel has been constructed on 4.18 acre of land donated by the Uttrakhand State Government under the stewardship of the then Chief Minister Major General BC Khanduri (retired).
The hostel constructed at a cost of Rs 10.28 crorer has state of the art boarding and lodging facilities for 125 boys and 125 girls along with bus facility for conveyance to schools, round the clock security, in house medical facilities including doctor on call, recreation facilities including indoor and outdoor sports, personality development classes, fully stocked library, tuition facilities, audio visual room and computer lab, coaching for professional exams, career counselling session and assistance in admission in reputed schools of Dehradun.
The fees structure of the hostel has been designed keeping in mind the educational allowances and hostel grants to wards of Martyrs, Veer Naris, serving soldiers and ex-servicemen of the Indian Army. The approximate fees of the hostel inclusive of all the listed facilities would be Rs 88,800 to Rs 95,400, according to a PIB release.